Thursday, June 16, 1904

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The Headlines

1,000 LIVES MAY BE LOST IN BURNING OF THE EXCURSION BOAT GEN. SLOCUM; St. Mark's Church Excursion Ends in Disaster in East River Close to Land and Safety. 693 BODIES FOUND -- HUNDREDS MISSING OR INJURED Flames Following Explosion Drive Scores to Death in the Water. FIERCE STRUGGLES FOR ROTTEN LIFE PRESERVERS The Captain, Instead of Making for the Nearest Landing, Runs the Doomed Vessel Ashore on North Brother Island in Deep Water -- Many Thrilling Rescues -- Few Men on Board to Stem the Panic of Women and Children.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis

Kerry Mills

The must-have

Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)

On This Day

• Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".

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• Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Adam Smith (1723)
• Barbara McClintock (1902)
• Gustaf V (1858)
• Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
• Stan Laurel (1890)

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Tech Check

Offset Printing Press, Vacuum Diode Tube & Teabags.

Cost of Living (1900)